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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
552 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO THE REEF...
BAY AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5
FATHOMS...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 552 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 NM NORTHWEST OF
JOHN SAWYER BANK LIGHT, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LITTLE PINE KEY, HORSESHOE KEY, AND MONEY KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2483 8107 2464 8126 2477 8138 2478 8138
2485 8145 2498 8119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 052DEG 12KT 2487 8119
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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